Workers' Compensation News
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Injured Worker Not Entitled to Expand Scope of Claim | 08/29/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand her claim to include additional conditions. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Employer's Challenge to Loss-of-Use Award | 08/29/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court rejected an employer’s challenge to a loss-of-use award to a worker who underwent a partial surgical amputation of his foot. ...Read More | |||
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Department Accepting Requests for Assessment Refund Through Feb. 24 | 08/29/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Insurance Department announced that it will accept requests for refunds of 2009 work comp security fund assessments through Feb. 24. ...Read More | |||
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CMS Holding Webinar on Reporting Rules | 08/29/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is holding a reporting webinar Sept. 12. The program will cover best practices and reminders for ...Read More | |||
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Some Claims Stricken in Dispute Between Company's Founding Partners | 08/28/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that some claims in a dispute between the founding partners of a factoring company should have been dismissed. ...Read More | |||
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Annual Comp Conference Set for Sept. 12-13 | 08/28/2024 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The 12th Annual Nevada Workers' Compensation Educational Conference is scheduled for Sept. 12-13 at the Tuscany Suites & Casino in Las Vegas. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Division Pitches Changes to Assessment Rules | 08/28/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oregon's Workers' Compensation Division has posted amendments to rules governing the assessment that supports the state's Workers' Benefit Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Rejects Employer's Petition for Review of Black Lung Award to Widow | 08/28/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court rejected an employer’s petition for review of black lung benefits to a miner’s widow. Case:...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request for More Treatment, Benefits | 08/28/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for additional treatment and benefits, and the expansion of his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Another Repetitive Challenge to Constitutionality of IRE Process | 08/28/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected another repetitive challenge to the constitutionality of the state's new impairment rating evaluation process. ...Read More | |||
